All My Terrible Obsessions

don't mind my son gerald up there, hes got anxiety 25 they/it

[theworldoftrash]

Come into my inbox and start a conversation I'm down to talk ^^ DO NOT ASK ME TO COMMISSION YOU. I AM POOR AND SICK OF THE ATTEMPTED SCAMS.

[ravioliet]

a long distance friend is kind of a dead wife in a way

[lakevida]

i think one day trumps head will just do that like how jfks did

[nycswebhead]

got really fucking high the other day and convinced myself that there was a new villain in the city and had a full on fight with a rat. not like a superpowered rat just regular

[its-rats]

:(

[nycswebhead]

god im sorry.

[nycswebhead]

i loved you in ratatouille

[fatluka]

DYKE UP OR DIE. #PRIDEMONTH.

[feldfrog]

You ever notice that birds won't go anywhere near a scarecrow, but if you put a real man of flesh and blood on a stake in a field, they'll peck out his eyes

[divorcedwife]

2000s angel & devil

[luulapants]

Story time:

In middle school biology, we did an experiment. We were given yams, which we would sprout in cups of water. We then had to make hypotheses about how the yams would grow, based on descriptions of yam plants in our books, and make notes of our observations as they grew.

Here’s what was supposed to happen: we were supposed to see that the actual growth of the plant did not resemble our hypotheses. We were then supposed to figure out that these were, in fact, sweet potatoes.

What actually happened was that every single student in every single class lied in their notes so that their observations perfectly matched their hypotheses. See, everyone assumed the mismatch meant they had done something wrong in the process of growing the plant or that they had misunderstood the dichotomous key or the plant identification terminology. And, thanks to the wonders of a public school education, everyone assumed the wrong results would get us a failing grade. We were trying to pass. We didn’t want to get bitched out by the teacher. Curiosity, learning, science - that had nothing to do with why we were sitting in that classroom. So we all lied.

The teacher was furious. She tried to fail every student, but the administration stepped in and told her she wasn’t allowed to because a 100% fail rate is recognized as a failure of the teacher, not the class. It wasn’t even her fault, really, though her being a notorious hard-ass didn’t help. It was a failure of the entire educational system.

So whenever I see crap like Elizabeth Holmes’s blood test scam or pharmaceutical trials which are unable to be replicated or industry-funded research that reaches wildly unscientific conclusions, I just remember those fucking sweet potatoes. I remember that curiosity dies when people are just trying to give their superiors the “right” answers, so they can get the grade, get the job, get the paycheck. It’s not about truth when it’s about paying rent. There’s no scientific integrity if you can’t control for human desperation.

[should-be-sleeping]

You are 60% water and every lake, river, pond, swamp, creek, and ocean you encounter wants to reclaim it desperately. Be careful out there.

[should-be-sleeping]

[should-be-sleeping]

Good, I hope it haunts everyone about to enter a body of water so bad that they wear a life jacket. 🙌

[should-be-sleeping]

Every single person I knew (past tense) who has drowned was "a strong swimmer." Water in the wild does not care how good you are at swimming.

[should-be-sleeping]

I mean this with all due respect:

You are not going to pass a skillcheck against a rip current once it has you.

Waves will not bow to your physical prowess no matter how impressive.

Shock does not care that you used to be on your school swim team.

If you hit your head, being good at swimming isn't going to turn you face-up while you're unconscious.

You may be unable to return to shore. Rescue may be unable to find you quickly.

[joanthreatt]

Scheduling this for when weather starts warming up. Be careful swimming this summer

[meanbossart]

A bloodthirsty vampire spawn and a murderous demi-god enjoying their good ending 😌

[sewagebaby2]

[pseudomantis]

one if my favorite gifs right now the blankest eyes ive ever seen the lights are on but no ones home. and the other thing like grooming its snout but i don't think its even aware of what its doing. i dont think either of them know anything or know that theyre alive

[feldfrog]

For sale, baby shoes, used and outgrown by my super healthy baby that I’m raising to be racist

[foxdoodles]

study of my knight dnd oc, casca

[hcnnibal]

just got back into gardening so i’ve forgotten. are basil leaves supposed to be this big

[hcnnibal]

am i the problem

[mousegirlheart]

op are you a hobbit

[thememedaddy]

[ellewantsrevenge]

poverty is a form of torture utilized by the government to bring about a conditioned response

that conditioned response is considered a form of learned helplessness wherein the victim stops fighting back against what it believe to be the inevitable

but not everyone breaks under torture

[feldfrog]

Mafia guy who only goes down on women so he can steal the copper IUD wiring